Patents by Inventor Alejandro Corvalán

Alejandro Corvalán has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11746387
    Abstract: The invention aims at a non-invasive method of early diagnosis of gastric cancer, using as a biomarker the levels of methylation of the DNA sequence of the promoter of the Reprimo-like gene in plasma. The inventors have established the utility of Reprimo-like as a biomarker, and especially as a biomarker for the early detection of gastric cancer, since they have determined that Reprimo-like is consistently silenced in gastric cancer, both in incipient and advanced stages. This silencing is given by methylation of its promoter region, which is detectable in plasma samples, allowing us to measure it as a liquid biopsy in a non-invasive, fast and inexpensive way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
    Inventors: Alejandro Corvalán, Alejandra Alarcón
  • Patent number: 11512354
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for the early detection of gastric cancer, by detecting the increase in DNA methylation of the promoter region of the microRNA-335-5p in samples obtained non-invasively, preferably in plasma. Thus, it is a contribution for the early detection of gastric cancer, without invasive procedures, with rapid collection of the sample and of the delivery of the results, and of lower cost than the technologies that employ invasive diagnostic techniques to the human and animal body in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
    Inventors: Alejandra Sandoval Borquez, Alejandro Corvalán Rodríguez
  • Publication number: 20220025467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-invasive method for detecting gastric cancer based on the detection of a new molecular marker in blood. In particular, via the detection of the long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) KCNQ1OT1 in peripheral blood, wherein an increase in the expression of this LncRNA correlates with gastric cancer or the precursor lesions thereof (OLGA stage III and IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alejandro CORVALÁN, Wilda OLIVARES, Pablo SANTORO
  • Publication number: 20210254175
    Abstract: The invention aims at a non-invasive method of early diagnosis of gastric cancer, using as a biomarker the levels of methylation of the DNA sequence of the promoter of the Reprimo-like gene in plasma. The inventors have established the utility of Reprimo-like as a biomarker, and especially as a biomarker for the early detection of gastric cancer, since they have determined that Reprimo-like is consistently silenced in gastric cancer, both in incipient and advanced stages. This silencing is given by methylation of its promoter region, which is detectable in plasma samples, allowing us to measure it as a liquid biopsy in a non-invasive, fast and inexpensive way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Alejandro CORVALÁN, Alejandra ALARCÓN
  • Publication number: 20200199682
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for the early detection of gastric cancer, by detecting the increase in DNA methylation of the promoter region of the microRNA-335-5p in samples obtained non-invasively, preferably in plasma. Thus, it is a contribution for the early detection of gastric cancer, without invasive procedures, with rapid collection of the sample and of the delivery of the results, and of lower cost than the technologies that employ invasive diagnostic techniques to the human and animal body in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Alejandra SANDOVAL BORQUEZ, Alejandro CORVALÁN RODRÍGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20130095477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-invasive method for the early detection of stomach cancer, based on the identification of a biomarker. The biomarker corresponds to the methylated promoter region of the Reprimo gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Alejandro Corvalán